The point of my email was that
if [ `uname -s` = 'Darwin' ]; then ... allows for a clean branch between the (new here) macOS behaviour and (old, prior) behavior removing all concerns about 'portability' (per the Subject:). You missed 100% of that. Dirk -- dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | e...@debian.org ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel